Friday, May 4, 2012

You may have landed on this page from one of my comments on a blogger or WordPress.com site. It seems those platforms always reject my Gravatar and other logins, so I use my Google account, which takes you here.

My Year (Almost) Without Shopping is over. But you can still find me writing about Asian mixed-race families and fusion food at HapaMama, and about general race and news over at BlogHer.

Whose Crazy Idea Was This?

Like many American women, I've long contended that the best kind of therapy is retail therapy.

But is it really?

On New Year's Eve 2010, I decided that maybe — just maybe — I could take a little break from new shoes, clothes and accessories. Like a year-long break. During which time I will try to get to the roots of why the acquisition of new stuff is such a powerful pull. And by blogging about it, I hope to keep myself honest and find the support to get past the withdrawals and the slipups.